Made in America Resources
American Fabrics International 3810 Brandt Lake Ct Greensboro, NC 27410 (336) 288-1323 Fax: (336) 545-3251 www.american-fabrics.com sales@american-fabrics.com Contact: Ned Pilchman, Marteva Textiles DBA American Fabrics Internationalmarteva@hotmail.com, (212) 563-0260 or (917) 710-1393 (cell) Products and Services: American Fabrics International (AFI) is an East Coast manufacturer of knitted fabrics. The company has been in business for more than 10 years, and the owners of the company have been involved in textiles for over 45 years in various capacities. We have a standard line of basic and novelty knit fabrics that are custom-engineered for various markets. We specialize in fabrics that are prepared for garment dyeing. We also do custom work with regard to special fabrications. Customers can bring us fabrics that they want manufactured, and we are able to duplicate them in most cases. AFI maintains an extensive sample room for immediate sampling, which is most unusual in the domestic market. AFI tries to keep a selection of base fabrics in greige goods form to expedite just-in-time shipping of production. The company works with a number of knitters, dyers, and finishers in order to maximize its ability produce a variety of different constructions for the markets in general. AFI is extremely flexible. We try to specialize in just-in-time deliveries, whether we are piece dyeing our customer’s custom colors or preparing fabric that is for garment dyeing.
BlueCherry www.bluecherry.com (212) 408-3833 bluecherry@cgsinc.com Products and Services: Computer Generated Solutions has empowered a “Made in America” strategy for some of the biggest apparel brands. Built specifically to address the needs of the fashion, apparel, footwear, and sewn-goods industries, BlueCherry gives companies the power to manage the entire concept-to-consumer product lifecycle and delivers unparalleled features to streamline operations, gain visibility, reduce costs, increase productivity, and better integrate the entire supply chain on a global scale. BlueCherry delivers best-in-class Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Supply Chain Management (SCM), Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Warehouse Management (WMS), Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), Merchandise Planning, and Business Intelligence (BI) solutions, all designed to make you productive from day one and provide the scalability to deliver as your needs grow. Our Leadtec Shop Floor Control solution has set the standard for running lean, efficient sewn-products manufacturing operations. With robust production balancing, real-time cost management, and operator motivation functions, Leadtec has been shown to deliver a positive return on investment in record time, often in less than a year.
Buhler Quality Yarns Corp. 1881 Athens Highway Jefferson, GA 30549 (706) 367-9834 www.buhleryarns.com sales@buhleryarns.com Contact: Werner Bieri Products and Services: From harvest to hanger, we ensure your supply chain is supported and your final product is of the utmost quality. Introducing MicroModal® Edelweiss—the same comfort and luxury with a greener footprint—to our portfolio, which includes Supima, Micro TENCEL®, Supima Outlast, and blends, certified by Oeko-Tex 100—ensuring safety for all applications. Bring your product to market backed by experience, relationships, and unsurpassed technical support.
ECO SWIM Contact: Sandra Davidoff sdavidoff@swimusa.com (212) 730-9555 www.ecoswim.com Products and Services: ECO SWIM is where design meets innovation in the swim industry. Although our growth has occurred globally, we still design, fit, source, cut, and sew in the USA. For 75 years we have been striving to create the highest-quality, best-fitting swimsuits in the world. With the establishment of new innovations in fabric technology, as well as eco-friendly manufacturing processes and materials, we can now apply our expertise to eco-friendly swimwear that is of the highest standard and fits, feels, and is just as fashionable as other conventional swimwear on the market. Our drive to keep ECO SWIM “made in America” is three fold. While we realize that sourcing our materials and manufacturing locally is better for the environment, there is also a basic economic incentive to keep things at home, as well as an emotional family tie to the mission. “Made in America” reduces our use of fossil fuel up to 96.9% and answers the growing demand from today’s consumers for more responsible products. Domestic production is not only good for the environment but allows us to put the cost of shipping into testing new sustainable fabrics and technologies while creating more jobs at home.
Julia Knit, Inc. 80-50 Pitkin Avenue Ozone Park, NY 11417 (718) 848-1900 Fax: (718) 848-8918 Avi@DanielKnits.com www.juliaknit.com Products and Services: We are a domestic sweater manufacturer in the United States. We bring 25 years of business expertise from yarn sourcing, concept design, sample-making, fit, and size grading to production and delivery. We own all of our machinery and are able to provide high-tech stitches at affordable prices. Every month, our sample room creates more than 300 new styles, incorporating new stitches and yarns into the latest silhouettes. Our styles are carried by almost every major juniors and women’s retailer in the United States.
METAL Jeans Contact: Reid Flemingrfleming@metaljeans.com (818) 623-6552 www.metaljeans.com Products and Services: When METAL Jeans was founded, it seemed like common sense that everything would be designed and manufactured in America, as the brand revolved around defiant, hard-living Americans and especially the country’s veterans. Some of the styles and accessories were pretty complicated and needed to be addressed on a daily basis, and the thought of sending the work and production outside of America made zero sense. To put out the quality of METAL’s “American Made, American Worn” and have it manufactured elsewhere almost seemed treasonous. At the end of the day the gear is not just for American METAL heads but every employee, shareholder, sub contractor, and truck driver who is involved with constructing the product.
US Blanks 3780 S. Hill St.
Los Angeles, CA 90007 (323) 234-5070 Fax: (323) 234-5010 www.usblanks.net Products and Services: Welcome to US Blanks premium fashion basic apparel line for men and women.US Blanks is the creation of two decades of research and expertise, incorporating the concept that styles should be manufactured with the finest cottons and raw materials.We believe in the idea that design, fit, and feel can be brought to a new standard in our market.As a vertical manufacturer, we mill our own fabric, dye, cut, and sew all right here in the USA.Not only is our cut and sew domestic, but the majority of the yarns we use are made right here at home.US Blanks’ quality standards ensure that superior fabric, innovative designs, and quality sewing are implemented on every garment that passes through our Southern California facilities.We appreciate each and every customer that will keep the U.S. manufacturing jobs here and help the U.S. economy thrive.
Wintergreen Northern Wear 205 E. Sheridan St.
Ely, MN 55731 (800) 584-9425www.wintergreennorthernwear.com becky.stacey@wintergreennorthernwear.com Products and Services: The outdoors is our way of life. We live, design, sew, and sell our outdoor gear in Minnesota’s northern border wilderness. We make it ourselves, we sell it ourselves. Nothing is made overseas or sold to other retailers. Rolls of fabric come in the back of our shop, and finished garments go out the front. That means we monitor quality every step of the way. We make all Wintergreen items in the facility in Ely and use as much USA-made materials and notions as possible. We began in 1985 by designing gear for our first expedition to the North Pole. Since then, we’ve explored just about every cold place on the planet, from Greenland to the Russian Arctic—all with our own gear. Serious field-testing. We take great pride in being one of the largest private employers in a small remote town where jobs are scarce but garment-making talents and pride in workmanship are in abundance. We’re one of the last full-line outdoor clothing makers in the United States. Our country has become a throwaway society because we can get cheap goods from overseas. Wintergreen clothing is made to last, so if it means purchasing a garment made by an Amercian worker at a higher price, we feel this is a good thing. Buy less, keep it longer, and throw away less!
Zirconmania Inc. (213) 236-0809 Fax: (213) 236 0822 www.zirconmania.com www.diamondveneer.com Products and Services: Introducing the revolutionary process of treating Cubic Zirconia with a film of Carbon Diamond particles. This process results in a flawless “G” color on the diamond color scale. This exciting new jewelry concept, known as Diamond Veneer, will change the way we regard Cubic Zirconium jewels. See the collection at www.diamondveneer.com.
